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The Evolution of a Page: jobnik! 8, Page 11
Miriam Libicki, an American Jewish girl from a religious home, enlists in the Israeli Army one summer against everyone’s better ...
Best of the Week
With Friday coming to an close, here’s a roundup of everything that went on at MJL this week.Even though Shavuot ...
Receiving the Torah Was a Home Run
If I ever feel slightly interested in catching up on the Jewish side of politics, I look no further than ...
Wise Fridays: When Does God Lie?
Great is peace, seeing that for its sake even God modified the truth. –Babylonian Talmud Yevamot 65b Find more Wise ...
Project Mah Jongg
Growing up, I didn’t know anyone who played mah jongg. Yet when I moved to the suburbs of New York ...
Shavuot Calorie Counter
Say hello to the fun police!While you might love Shavuot for all of the amazing dairy sweets that you will ...
Last Minute Rugelach Deliciousness
It’s only a few hours until Shavuot, so now is the best time to share with you my new recipe ...
DIY Challah Cover
One week when I was living in Dublin I went to a party in a professor’s apartment on a Friday ...
Innovating to Preserve Tradition
Lisa Lepson, the Executive Director of the Joshua Venture group, writes in her piece “Where Yesterday Meets Tomorrow:” The Judaism ...
First Person Grief
Last year I wrote a lot about my experiences mourning for my mother. It was an intense and exhausting year, ...
Best of the Week
We are almost at my favorite holiday of the year. That’s right! July 4th is less than two months away. ...
Wise Fridays: On Suffering
Rabbi Yochanan once became ill, and Rabbi Hanina went to visit him. He asked him, “Are your sufferings welcome to ...
Kosher Texting
Sometimes I’ll see a link to a website and just assume that it will be terrible. And most of the ...
What Shavuot Teaches Us About Women
This commentary is provided by special arrangement with American Jewish World Service. To learn more, visit www.ajws.org.The first verse of ...
Never Met Peter Chamor
I got a pretty strange text today: “What is Peter Chamor? And why are donkeys dressed up?” Obviously, my response ...